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While listening to this show during the home automation segment – I had the same exact thought as Dave did – what if the home automation system is what caught fire (or was taken offline). Bottom line, we still need manual overrides. A lesson well learned here in NJ recently after Hurricane Sandy – how crippled we become when the “infrastructure” we depend on fails. The more advanced the system, the more vulnerable we become.

Yes, what Kevin Warwick did was interesting, but very limited as an experiment. I think he left the tag in for a total of 10 days before having it removed, so it was just a short-term test rather than something he lived with ongoing. Mine has been implanted for more than 6.5 years now.

That magnets in the fingertips would have its downsides. it would be a pain in the ass to remove metal shavings from your fingertips. My cat has a magnet on her collar to open the cat door. She comes in with rusty old nails, paperclips, fishhooks… you name it. If you leave a bowl with a spoon in it on the table she’ll jump up and try to lick it, and take off with the spoon when shes done.